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Biographical entry Gregory, Augustus Charles (1819 - 1905)

Born
1 August 1819
Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Died
25 June 1905
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Surveyor and Explorer

Summary

(Sir) Augustus Charles Gregory was leader of the North Australian Exploring Expedition 1854-58 and Surveyor-General of Queensland 1859. His work relates to Australian geology and natural history as well as surveying.

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Archival resources

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

  • Augustus Charles Gregory - Records, 1859 - 1869, OM72-78; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Augustus Charles Gregory - Records, 1842 - 1903, MS 191-8 and Q420-42; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Augustus Charles Gregory - Records, 1819 - 1905, ML MSS 291; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Baigent, Elizabeth, 'Sir Augustus Charles Gregory, 1819-1905', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
  • Waterson, D. B., 'Gregory, Sir Augustus Charles (1819-1905), explorer and surveyor-general', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 293-295. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040333b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Burdon, A., 'Taking Stock', Australian Geographic, no. 47, 1997, pp. 46-67. Details
  • Cohen, Kay, 'Augustus Gregory, 'a Biased Civil Servant': an Administrative Perspective', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, vol. 14, 1992, pp. 393-402. Details

Online Resources

  • National Library of Australia, 'Gregory, Augustus Charles', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-479371. Details

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 31 July 2006